Cavalla may refer to:

Fish

* A vernacular name used for several fish species in the families

Carangidae The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, and scads. It is the largest of the six families included within the order Carangiformes. Some authorities classify it as the only family ...

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Scombridae The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. All species are in the subfamily Scombrinae, except the butterfly ...

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Caranx ''Caranx'' is a genus of tropical to subtropical marine fishes in the jack family Carangidae, commonly known as jacks, trevallies and kingfishes. They are moderate- to large-sized, deep-bodied fishes which are distinguished from other carangid g ...

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Crevalle jack The crevalle jack (''Caranx hippos''), also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli, jack crevale, or yellow cavalli is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The ...

''Caranx hippos'' (cavalla) ***

Bar jack The bar jack (''Caranx ruber''), also known as the carbonero, red jack, blue-striped cavalla or passing jack, is a common species of inshore marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family, Carangidae. The bar jack is ...

''Carangoides ruber'' (blue striped cavalla) ** ''

Scomber ''Scomber'' is a genus of fish in the family Scombridae living in the open ocean found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. The genus ''Scomber'' and the genus ''Rastrelliger'' comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels". These ...

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Atlantic mackerel The Atlantic mackerel (''Scomber scombrus''), also known as Boston mackerel, Norwegian mackerel, Scottish mackerel or just mackerel, is a species of mackerel found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern ...

''Scomber scombrus'' (cavalla) ***

Chub mackerel The chub mackerel, Pacific mackerel, or Pacific chub mackerel (''Scomber japonicus'') is a species of fish in the tuna and mackerel family, Scombridae. This species of mackerel closely resembles the Atlantic chub mackerel. Characteristics The chu ...

''Scomber japonicus'' (cavalla vera) ** ''

Carangoides ''Carangoides'' is a genus of tropical to subtropical marine fishes in the jack family, Carangidae. They are small- to large-sized, deep-bodied fish characterised by a certain gill raker and jaw morphology, often appearing very similar to jacks ...

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Blue trevally The blue trevally (''Carangoides ferdau''), also known as the banded trevally, barred trevally, Ferdau's trevally or Forskaal's jackfish, is a common, widespread species of pelagic marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The blue t ...

''Carangoides ferdau'' (Ferdau's cavalla) ***

Longnose trevally The longnose trevally (''Carangoides chrysophrys''), also known as the tea-leaf trevally, club-nosed trevally, grunting trevally or dusky trevally, is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is distributed th ...

''Carangoides chrysophrys'' (long nose cavalla) ***

Longfin trevally The longfin trevally (''Carangoides armatus''), also known as the longfin kingfish, longfin cavalla or armed trevally, is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is common in tropical to subtropical waters o ...

''Carangoides armatus'' (long fin cavalla) ***

Malabar trevally The Malabar trevally (''Carangoides malabaricus''), also known as the Malabar jack, Malabar kingfish or nakedshield kingfish, is a species of large :wiktionary:inshore, inshore ocean, marine fish of the jack Family (biology), family, Carangidae. ...

''Carangoides malabaricus'' (Malabar cavalla) ***

Whitefin trevally The whitefin trevally (''Carangoides equula''), also known as the horse trevally, is a species of deep water Shore, offshore fish in the jack Family (biology), family Carangidae. The species inhabits the tropical to temperate waters of the Indo-P ...

''Carangoides equula'' (white fin cavalla)

Other uses

* USS ''Cavalla'', the name of two U.S. Navy submarines *

Cavalla River The Cavalla River (also known as the Cavally, the Youbou and the Diougou) is a river in West Africa running from north of Mont Nimba in Guinea, through Côte d'Ivoire, to Zwedru in Liberia, and back to the border with Côte d'Ivoire. It ends in t ...

, in West Africa

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